The GOWENS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,028	23167	0	4
United States (1880 census)	370	12202	0.001	7
Change since 1880	+658	-10965	+N/A	-3
Other Countries
Australia	2	259099	0	0
United Kingdom	82	24762	0	2

Top States for GOWENS by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	225	2737	0.005	51
Georgia	129	5703	0.002	16
Texas	127	12657	0.001	6
South Carolina	69	5899	0.002	17
Florida	67	23625	0.000	4
Top States for GOWENS by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	225	2737	0.005	51
South Carolina	69	5899	0.002	17
Georgia	129	5703	0.002	16
Oklahoma	49	7868	0.001	14
Delaware	6	20677	0.001	8

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GOWENS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GOWENS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GOWENS in Alabama than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GOWENS by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GOWENS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GOWENS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GOWENS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GOWENS in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	758	73.74
Black/African American	220	21.4
Mixed Race	24	2.33
White (Hispanic)	20	1.95
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GOWENS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to GOWENS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GOWENS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.